How To Make Attic Into Closet
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How to make attic into closet. Be sure to keep in mind headroom storage needs and standard closet. Modify them to your own attic as needed. Depending on the span you ll need at least a 2 by 8. Be sure built ins are tall enough.
Nail a sheet of plywood to the existing floor joists so the short sides align with the joists and the long side is perpendicular to the joists. Follow these basic steps for framing and finishing an attic closet. For everyday dressing luxury or off season clothing storage explore your attic s potential embrace your architecture. With converting the space into a closet the only concern was keeping the space cool.
To make use of the dead space below the attic s only window we built a window seat with concealed storage using basic plywood beadboard and a simple piano hinge. Don t think of this as your typical closet imagine it more like a unique boutique space. The steps were fairly simple. We framed the space including adding a larger door that had to be cut down a little bit in order to fit the space installed an insulation that would keep the heat out installed dry wall painted and added hardwood floors.
Decide on the orientation of the closet.